II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. country B. ocean C. circle D. icon 2. A. disaster B. damage C. collapse D. rage 3. A. radioactive B. pollution C. contaminate D. convey 4. A. official B. cattle C. icon D. Scottish SECTION 3: VOCABULAY AND GRAMMAR III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences 1. Noise pollution can lead to________loss. A. looking B. hearing C. listening D. reading 2. If I________a millionaire now, I________travel around the world. But in fact, I am very poor and have no money. 3. were/ would B. am/ will C. were/ will D. am/ would 4. What is the main_______of visual pollution? - Because there are too many advertising billboards. A. effect B. affect C. result D. Cause 5. Ships spill oil in oceans and rivers. This results________the death of many aquatic animals and plants. A. to B. in C. from D. at 6. There have been some __________ eruptions in this area for the last 10 years. A. volcanic B. scattering C. homeless D. disastrous 7. We____________ hard at the moment to prepare for our annual cultural festival. A. prepare B. are preparing C. have prepared D. will prepare 8. Poisonous ___________ from factories can kill a lot of wildlife animals. A. things B. animals C. chemicals D. nations 9. Last Tuesday, we did a _____________ about English speaking countries. A. puzzle B. question C. task D. homework 10. I usually__________to school by bike but today I ____________ to school by motorbike. A. go – go B. go – am going C. goes – go D. goes – am going 18. If it ________ this afternoon, I’ll stay at home to do my English homework on English speaking countries. A. rain B. rains C. will rain D. is raining SECTION 4: READING IV. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below. Water pollution happens (1) __________ toxic substances enter water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans and so on, getting dissolved in them, lying suspended in the water or depositing on the bed. This degrades the quality of water. Not (2) __________ does this spell disaster for aquatic ecosystems, the pollutants also seep through and reach the groundwater, which might end up in our households as contaminated water we use in our daily activities, including drinking. Water pollution can be (3) __________ in a number of ways, one of the most polluting being city sewage and industrial waste discharge. Indirect sources (4)__________ water pollution include contaminants that enter the water supply from soils or groundwater systems and from the atmosphere via rain. Soils and groundwater contain (5)__________ residue of human agricultural practices and also improperly disposed of industrial wastes. Pollutants can be of varying kinds: organic, inorganic, radioactive and so on. In fact, the list of possible water contaminants is just too vast to be listed here. 1. A. what B. when C. why D. while 2. A. both B. only C. well D. either 3. A. cause B. caused C. causing D. causes 4. A. of B. in C. at D. for 5. A. a B. an C. the D. x